RESETTLEMENT FARMS
Data ID
File name: resettle_farms
File path: d:\north_central\Land_use\
File type: Arcview shapefile
Category: Land use
Description: Resettlement farms allocated by GRN
Status: In progress
Geographical area: north-central Namibia
Keywords: land use

resettlement farms

agriculture
Date of last update: 1999/06/01
ID notes: Information obtained from Ministry of Lands Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Location notes:
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: 100 metres
Vector/Raster: Vector
Data quality notes: Farm boundaries south of the redline are data digitised by QGIS from 1:100,000 noting sheets obtained from

Surveyor General (SG). Resettlement farms in Ohangwena were mapped with GPS. Those for Omusati were

obtained from 1:250,000 maps and notes from SG
Spatial reference
Projection: Geodetic
Datum: Bessel
Spatial reference notes:
Fields
Field name Field description Field source/notes
FARM_NO farm number allocated by GRN
FARM_NAME Farm name
ACTIVITY land use - all resettlement
HECTARES Area in hectares
LANDUSE land use
OWNER Government
Source/Distribution
Lineage/Source of Data: Compiled by Environmental Profiles Project. GPS data for Ohangwena farms came from NNEP
Author of Data Source: Environmental Profiles Project
Contact: Environmental Profiles Project or Natural Resource Information Service (NRIS)
Online/Offline Address: Environmental Profiles Project,

Directorate of Environmental Affairs, P/Bag 13306, Windhoek,

Tel: 061 249015

www.dea.met.gov.na

OR

Natural Resource Information System (NRIS),

Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati

Email: nris@africaonline.com.na
Distribution notes: Unrestricted

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